Hello from Poland

[Nikodem Czechowski]

Hi!

Greetings from Poland! I come here to seek some knowledge regarding vacuum technology. To be honest I'm not into fusor technology, as I need that knowledge for my vacuum deposition project .

I have a strong background in physics (PhD, mainly in optical spectroscopy / nanotechnology), but currently I'm working in industry as an EE engineer, so I have quit broad knowledge-base for that project. I've did vacuum deposition at university (thermal, e-beam, magnetron sputtering, MBE... you name it) and built some vacuum systems. Now I have to do the same thing on a budget! Obviously I cannot afford to buy what I would buy with a thick university grant for the lab.

I hope that this does not break any laws here .

[ian_krase]

Welcome! I also mess around with vacuum deposition -- check out my pictures thread for my sputter coater. I suspect you're far ahead of me -- I'm just a mechanical engineer.

[Nikodem Czechowski]

Welcome! I also mess around with vacuum deposition -- check out my pictures thread for my sputter coater. I suspect you're far ahead of me -- I'm just a mechanical engineer.

Hi Ian!

Just because I know how it should work, does not mean I am ahead of anyone. For now I would exchange all the experience for a decent lathe .

Where I can find your pictures?

[Maciek Szymanski]

Nikodem!
As I see you are living in Stare Babice. I have reasonably equipped mechanical workshop (250x800 precision lathe, milling machine, power hacksaw, drill press) at my garage at Bielany in Warsaw. And I’m quite capable machinist. I can trade my machining skills for some electronic skills (like repair of the old GDR analog ED2 oscilloscope).

[ian_krase]

My thread is here -- note that a lot of this stuff is really, really old. link

[Nikodem Czechowski]

Nikodem!
As I see you are living in Stare Babice. I have reasonably equipped mechanical workshop (250x800 precision lathe, milling machine, power hacksaw, drill press) at my garage at Bielany in Warsaw. And I’m quite capable machinist. I can trade my machining skills for some electronic skills (like repair of the old GDR analog ED2 oscilloscope).

Indeed I live near you. I would love to exchange, but to be honest there is no sense in repairing such old stuff that is readily available (and cheap) on the market... But of course I can help you.

[Dennis P Brown]

Best of luck in your work and continued posting here.

As always, please avoid making block quotes here. It wastes site storage.

Thanks

[Mark Rowley]

Perhaps the block quote function can be turned off in phpBB. It seems to be an everlasting problem that continually resurfaces.

Welcome to the group Nikodem!

Mark Rowley

[Nikodem Czechowski]

Sorry for using the quote feature, usually it is not a problem, and I was used to using it, especially if I do not answer to the last post. I'll do my best not to use it here . Any other important rules, that I should be aware of?